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The Final Curtain

Posted on February 4, 2023 by RLPurdy in am writing, Essay, faith, Minnesota, Movies, Music, Reading, Writers

Greetings from a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota. I trust and hope this missive finds you and yours doing well, and remaining ever hearty and hale. Audrey and the kids are over in Wisconsin visiting her folks, so it’s just me and the animals for the weekend. Last night was the final … Continue reading The Final Curtain →

Ruminations on God and Faith in Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers

Posted on August 5, 2019 by RLPurdy in Reading

Nearly finished with Chuck Wendig's apocalyptic tome, Wanderers, and I wanted to share a powerful exchange between two central characters (Benji, a CDC specialist, and Matthew, a broken and defeated pastor who's lost his faith). No spoilers here, just one of those heady truths we so often find in good fiction.